Tobias Thomas
Tobias Thomas (born April 1975 in Duisburg) is a German economist and Director General of the Austrian Federal Statistical Office (Statistics Austria).
He is also Vice Chair of the Austrian Council of Economic Advisors (Productivity Board), and professor of economics at the Graz Schumpeter Centre at University of Graz.
According to the 2019 ranking of economists by Die Presse, F.A.Z., and the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Thomas is the 5th most influential economist in Austria. Since 2020, he has no longer been listed in accordance with the ranking’s regulations due to his position as Director General of Statistics Austria. Thomas is regularly present in national and international media, for example in BusinessDay, Der Standard, Die Presse, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Schweizer Monat, Trend and Wirtschaftswoche. In 2022, Thomas was quoted 1,788 times in Austrian media only (2022: 1,601; 2021: 1,413 times).
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